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nevadamedic
07-19-2007, 01:15 AM
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At trip to the space station will cost between $30 million and $40 million
The price hike is blamed on the "fallen U.S. dollar"
Five space tourists have paid $20 million to $25 million to visit the space station
About a dozen prospective tourists are in the process of reserving flights

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/07/18/space.tourists.ap/index.html

Holy crap, talk about the vacation of a lifetime!